SAFFORD—CLASSIFICATION OF ANNONA. 21 
The name applied to the section is suggested by the habitat of the type species, 
the plant being known in Cuba as the “ laurel de cuabal ”—i. e., laurel of rocky 
places. 
Group V. ANNONELLAE (DwaRF ANNONAS). 
(Anonellae Baill.) 
Flowers small, spheroid or conoid; petals 8 or 6, the outer ones thick and 
fleshy, the inner often rudimentary or entirely lacking; stamens remarkable for 
the comparatively small development of 
the apex of the connective, this not 
exceeding in width the two pollen sacs. 
KEY TO THE SECTIONS. 
Flower buds 
pointed____- 13. ANNONULA (p. 21). 
Flower buds 
spheroid or 
ovoid and 
obtuse______ 14. ANNONELLA (p. 21). 
Section 13. ANNONULA sect. nov. 
Type species, Annona cascarilloides 
, Wright of west- 
ern Cuba (pl.31; 
figs. 60, 61, pp. 
51, 52). 
Flowers small, 
conoid or 
oblong - conoid ; 
petals 3, trique- 
trous, hollowed Fia. 32.—Fruit of Annona bullata, Natural 
size, Drawing by Theodore Bolton from 
at the base; type material. 
apex of the 
stamen-connectives not as broad as the two pollen sacs; 
leaves small, oblong-elliptical, coriaceous with revolute 
margins and with a thick midrib and lateral nerves 
almost at right angles with it. The venation of 
the leaves is very different from that of all other 
sections of the genus and the leaves and bark are 
characterized by a pungent aromatic taste like that of 
allspice. 
In addition to the type species above mentioned this 
section includes Annona sclerophylla (pl. 32; figs. 33, 62, 
p. 58), a hitherto undescribed species from eastern 
Cuba. The name of this section, a diminutive form of 
Annona, is suggested by the dwarf, scrubby habit of the 
plants. 
Fig. 338.—Leaves of An- 
nona sclerophylla. 
Showing peculiar vena- 
tion. From type speci- ; ©. 
men. Natural sac. Type species, Annona globifiora Schlecht. (pl. 35; figs. 
34, 35, 63, p. 54). 
Shrubs or small trees with comparatively small, punctulate, membranaceous 
or subcoriaceous leaves, reticulate-veined between the lateral nerves; flowers 
Section 14. ANNONELLA Baill. 
